Dear Bob, here are some photos of my life here on the campus of Concordia Seminary. I love kids, working with the grounds crew, swimming, playing with my dog friends, and especially my own family people.

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August 03, 2017

Solar eclipse excitement

Dale and I keep being amazed at all the excitement over the coming total solar eclipse in a couple of weeks. We've lived through various partial or almost full eclipses and frankly, they don't last long. But this hasn't stopped 1000's of people making travel plans to see it happen in the most exact place. Close to home they predict over 50,000 people will head to Carbondale to see the Eclipse. This boggles my mind, but that's just me.

Southwest Airlines is even pushing a "Fly the Path" flight in which your ticket lets you see the entire route of the eclipse from the air.

Southwest Airlines is advertising five flights that travel along the path of the Aug. 21 solar eclipse. Three of them land in St. Louis.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the best deal for anyone wanting to land in St. Louis was on flight 1577, which leaves Denver at 10:20 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time and lands at Lambert at 1:20 p.m. Tickets ranged from $233 to $363.

Tickets on flight 1375 from Seattle-Tacoma ranged from $331 to $613. The flight leaves Seattle at 8:50 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time and lands in St. Louis at 2:45 p.m.

The cheapest tickets on flight 1368 from Portland to St. Louis had already sold out, but other tickets ranging from $438 to $466 were still available. The flight leaves Portland at 9:05 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time and lands at 2:50 p.m.